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Researchers Discover Key To Malaria Susceptibility In Children
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have solved the mystery of why some children are more susceptible to malaria infection and anemia. These novel findings suggest that some children who are exposed to Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) malaria before birth become tolerant to the malaria parasites, or their soluble products. This tolerance, which persists into childhood, reduces the ability of the immune system to attack and destroy parasites and increases the susceptibility of these children to develop a malaria infection. It also increases their risk for anemia. The study, published in this week"s issue of the open access journal, PLoS Medicine, is led by Indu Malhotra, Ph.D., and Christopher King, M.D., Ph.D., professor of international health, medicine, and pathology, with their colleagues at the Center for Global Health and Diseases at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and their Kenyan colleagues at the Kenya Medical Research Institute and Division of Vector Borne Diseases.
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Panel Discusses Health Care Issues In Black America

CNN"s Soledad O"Brien hosted a panel discussion on health care issues facing African-Americans in preparation for "Black in America 2, a CNN investigation about the most challenging issues facing African-Americans that will premiere July 22 and 23. The video touches on health care disparities in the African-American community and concurrent social issues that affect care. O"Brien asked panelists about the role race plays in health care, especially as debate heats up. Kim Rivers, creator of the documentary "Trouble the Water," discussed broader social issues such as the small percentage of black doctors and how poverty impacts care. O"Brien followed up by discussing issues of paying for health care. She mentioned Project Brotherhood, a Chicago program in which doctors provide free health care and half of recipients are uninsured. Another panel member Rene Syler, a former CBS Anchor and breast cancer survivor, mentioned the need for health care reform. "They can"t figure it out in Washington, we can"t figure it out here," Syler said. "But the bottom line is that there are a lot of issues with regard to a very broken health care system." Syler also spoke about her experience with a type of aggressive breast cancer that disproportionately impacts black women. This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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